Grand Tower vs Vergennes

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Tower and Vergennes: population, income, housing, and more.

Grand Tower and Vergennes are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand Tower has the higher population (551 vs 274 in Vergennes). Grand Tower has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $48,594 in Vergennes). Vergennes has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $24,500 in Grand Tower).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Tower	Vergennes
Population	551	274
Median age	24.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$48,594
Median home value	$24,500	$92,000
Median gross rent	$700	$950
Housing units	245	129
Homeownership rate	64.2%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Tower	Vergennes
Population	565 → 551 (-2.5%)	225 → 274 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$44,559 → $59,375 (+33.3%)	$43,750 → $48,594 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $24,500 (-33.2%)	$76,700 → $92,000 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)	$683 → $950 (+39.1%)

Grand Tower

Population

565551

Median household income

$44,559$59,375

Median home value

$36,700$24,500

Median gross rent

$618$700

Vergennes

Population

225274

Median household income

$43,750$48,594

Median home value

$76,700$92,000

Median gross rent

$683$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Tower	Vergennes
Under 5	12.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	23.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	6.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	8.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	5.6%	12.0%
75 and over	2.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Tower	Vergennes
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Tower	Vergennes
No high school diploma	13.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	40.4%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Tower	Vergennes
Drove alone	84.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	13.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Tower	Vergennes
1-unit, detached	73.5%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Grand Tower	Vergennes
Poverty rate	22.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1960	1978